The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-09-16
OBRIEN ARRESTED.
The Redoubtable Nationalist Ar.
rested-He Delivers q Fiery
Speech.
All Quiet at Observation-Disclosures
Demonstration at the Funerals Of
Fridays Victims
Cuban Filibusters Defeat Spanish Foroe
Stanley Making Progress German
Grain Duties.

bouchere of on the steamer. he had spent
the day at Bally Brack with Mcssrs Dillon
and Harrington, when no received teio-
gram from Mr.. Labouchere and Mr.. Boun-
ner, requesting him to accompany them 70
London. Accompanied by Mr.. Harrington,
he went on board the Kingston boat for the
purpose of declining tho invitation, wien
detective met him and said he would not be
arrested if he pledged himself not to go to
England. Mr.. O'Brien refused this condi.
ton, when he was taken into custody
and escorted to the Imperial Hotel
by the detective. who informed him that
he could stay there all night il he would
give promise that he would not make q
speech. This promise was not given, ana
Mr. O'Brien addressed crowd from the
balcony of the hotel. In tho course OF MS
brief remarks he said: $50 long rs there
is breath in my body my voice Will not Dc
silent until l am gagged. l am proud 10
suffer for MitchelstOwn. When in kings
ton l was told that would not be ar
rested. did not undertake to go to Eng
land. That shows that the Government
is beginning to dread us in Bngland."
Mr.. O'Brien renamed at the hotel last
night and will also go to Mitche!stOwn in
morning. The crowd gathered in front OF the
the hotel was very enthusiastic. In an in
terview on the subject Of his arrest, he said
that he had had no intention OF going TO
England when he boarded the boat. He
merely went there to see Mr.. LabOuchere.
As to making q speech ut the hotel, he said
he had no idea of doing so until the dete';-
tive mentioned it.
Mitchelstown was quiet yesterday. The
victims of the fight on Friday will be gwen
a public funeral to-day, which will be made
the occasion of q great demonstration.
The man ShInnick and tho boy Casey are
diving from the effects Of the wounds they
received Friday. Casey's ante-mortem
deposition has been taken. He states that
he was standing near Shinnick at one cor
ner OF the square, when Head Constable
O'Sullivau came to q window OF the bar
racks and fired at him. Four witnesses
confirm this statement. The Natlonalists
claim that they have evidence to establish
tho identity OF the policeman who shot
Loncrgan.
Contingents of Nationalists from all tho
| surrounding towns promise to attend the
| funeral to day and the procession Will
| be an enormous one. The police refuse 10
| allow the cortege to traverse the regular
| route cemeter., which passes the barracks,
| and the Nationalists consider this a great
iudignity, as they will be compelled to go
through the Protestant part OF
the town. They claim that they
have o right to take the usual route,
promising not to resort to violence. The
coffin of the old man shot dead on Friday
whose name is Lonergan, not RiOrdan-is
inscribed as follows: 'Michael Lonergan,
murdered September 9. 1887. Requicscat in
pace" The funeral will begin at twop p. III.
Lonergan has three sons in America and
five children at home. The magistrate
promises to keep the police out Of sight II
| the funeral procession avoids the barracKs
FIGHT IN CUBA.
New ORLEANS. Sept. IA special from
Key West to the Times- Democrat says:
While in ambush some miles from Matan-
zas Thursday afternoon, Just after landing,
the band of Cuban filibusters which left
here recently. were attacked by detach-
ment OF 80 Spanish soldiers. The latter
were repulsed, leaving three OF their m
Der dead and carrying off five who had
been wounded by the dynamite homhs
thrown by the tiliDusters. Four Of the
Cubans were wounded, but not seriously,
by shots from the soldiers. The tilibustcrs
then made their way into the interior.
STANLEY HEARD FROM
LONDON, Sept. IA dispatch from St
Paul de Loanda dated September Z. states
that Major Bartellot, commander OF the
camp on Aruw,mi, had sent advices to
Leopoldville. He received news from
Henry NJ. Stanley July L Stanley
was then in the interior and Still
proceeding up the Aruwlmi which
he found navigable above the rapids
He had launched the steel whale boz,
and RATS. The members of the eSpedi.
ton were in good health. Provisions were
easily procured at the large villages The
country showed gradual rise toward the
high tablc-land. A caravan Of $50 men fol'
lowed the expedition on the jeff bank oil
the river. and the advance guard OF forty
natives OF Zanzibar led. Lieutenant Stairs
foraged for supplies. Stanley expected to
arrive July 90 at the center Of the Mabodi
district and reach Wadelai by the middle OF
August.
INCREASED DUTIES EXPECTED.
BERLIN, Sept. 12.-In official circles 1t il
believed that Prince Bismarck has finally
decided to present q bill in the Reichstas
increasing the duty on corn, because OF
party demands, supported by numberless
petitions from all parts Of the country,
though it is certain to hamper the negotla'
lions for treaty OF commerce with Austria
aud lead to further protective measures in
favor of other than agrarian interests.
|
Another Terrible Cremation.
MONTGOMERY. Ala. Sept. ia special
to the DISPATCH from Dealsvillo, twenty
miles from here, tells Of q horrible crema-
ton which took place there last night. A
negro woman locked her four children, the